In recent years, the prevalence of psychiatric diagnoses in nursing homes

Pralidoxime is useful in treating nerve agent exposure because it:

a. Antagonizes the bradycardia associated with nerve agent exposure b. Causes sympathetic stimulation that counteracts the excessive parasympathetic stimulation c. Pralidoxime is contraindicated in situations where a patient has been exposed to a nerve agent d. Frees the bound acetylcholinesterase so that it can then remove the acetylcholine from receptor sites in the synapse

You have been summoned to a beach for a young male who has been stung by jellyfish on both forearms. Which one of the following instructions to other AEMTs shows proper care of this patient?

A) "Let us soak the arms in warm water." B) "Let us put a very tight constricting band on his wrists." C) "Make sure to keep the arms below the heart." D) "We need to rinse the sting sites with peroxide."